Entertainment Weekly has named the cast of Grey's Anatomy the top entertainers of 2006. In their annual "Best Of" issue, which hits newsstands today, Entertainment Weekly gives their take on the best and worst of everything in the entertainment universe. Their "Entertainer(s) of the Year" category is open to all forms of entertainment. YouTube, for instance, is also on the list. Does the cast of Grey's Anatomy deserve such an honor? Well, I'd give a lot of the credit to the writers and the producers. Their stories make the cast as good as they are. Saying that, the cast is pretty great. They are diverse, multi-faceted, talented, and unpredictable. There is no weak link, no character who brings the others down. This is a rare phenomenon and, maybe, one of the reasons the show is so popular.
It's good to see Grey's Anatomy get its critical due. Often, when a show becomes enormously popular, a critical backlash occurs. For now, it seems, the critical elite has agreed that Grey's Anatomy is mostly deserving of its audience. It's a crowd-pleaser, plain and simple. -Oscar Dahl, BuddyTV Senior Writer